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dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news just this guy on fox news that is part of the conservative pundit talk, he was a really big deal. this was the cover of "time magazine." the week after the democratic convention that year. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the week before that, the previous cover, had also had dick morris on that, the man with clinton's ear. which were particularly awful allegations, after the scandal, including that he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how dick morris became a famous person.
dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news just this guy on fox news that is part of the conservative pundit talk, he was a really big deal. this was the cover of "time magazine." the week after the democratic convention that year. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the week before that, the previous cover, had also had dick morris on that, the man with clinton's ear. which were particularly awful allegations,...
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dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? but at the time when he was all but ruining the re-election campaign he was supposedly helping to manage, he was a big deal. this was the cover of "time" magazine, the week after the democratic convention. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton. after the fall. the week before that the immediately previous "time" magazine cover had dick morris on it, the man with clinton's ear, a particularly awful image when the details of the dick morris hooker scandal emerged, including the details that he let the woman he hired for sex listen in. the woman he tired told a tv show called "hard copy" she decided to sell her story and go public "because it has to be told, whether it's a call girl who will blabber, whatever they want to call it, fine. but wake up, america, if he told me, who else did he tell?" . week one on the time magazine and here is week two. nice timing. a blockbuste
dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? but at the time when he was all but ruining the re-election campaign he was supposedly helping to manage, he was a big deal. this was the cover of "time" magazine, the week after the democratic convention. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton. after the fall. the week before that the immediately previous "time" magazine cover...
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dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? tabloid reports on his relationship with the call girl. now, we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news that is part of the conservative pundit talk, he was a really big deal. this was the cover of "time magazine." the week after the democratic convention that year. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the week before that, the previous cover, had also had dick morris on that, the man with clinton's ear. which were particularly awful allegations, after the scandal, including that he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timi
dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? tabloid reports on his relationship with the call girl. now, we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news that is part of the conservative pundit talk, he was a really big deal. this was the cover of "time magazine." the week after the democratic convention that year. the morris mess, how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the...
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dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? this was the cover of time magazine. the morris mess. how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the week before that, the immediately time magazine cover had also had dick morris on it as the man with clinton's ear which was an awful image when the details that merged including that allege that mr. morris let the woman he hired for sex listen in. the woman he hired today hard copy that she decided to sell her story and go public because it has to be told. wake up america, if he told me. who else did he tell? it was week one and here was week two. nice timing. it was a humiliating fall and that's how dick morris became a famous person. president clinton did recover. mr.morris went on to become a conservative, and writes books about how sleazy the clintons are, "the green room" has a lot of room for information like that. that is how they came to feature dick morris, tearing a
dick morris spoils the coronation. now we think of dick morris as just this guy on fox news who is part of the conservative pundit sphere, right? this was the cover of time magazine. the morris mess. how it could hurt clinton after the fall. the week before that, the immediately time magazine cover had also had dick morris on it as the man with clinton's ear which was an awful image when the details that merged including that allege that mr. morris let the woman he hired for sex listen in. the...
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first it was sarah palin and now dick morris. both have had a parting of the ways with fox news in the form of their contracts not being renewed. a quick refresher of where dick morris was one day before the election. >> romney will win by a very large margin, a landslide, if you will. i believe he'll win by more than five points in the popular vote. i think he'll get 325 electoral votes. >> now, at cnn last night, morris addressed his off-target predictions and the end of his self-described marriage with fox. >> i think i was wrong at the top of my lungs, but i'm being made a poster child for that. >> do you resent the decision? >> look, fox has given me the opportunity of a lifetime. 15 years, 3,000 interviews, and at some point the great marriage has to come to an end. the divorce isn't final, but i am seeing other people. >> poster child for being wrong at the top of your lungs. something to add to the resume. >>> also, what have arizona republicans not learned since the election? the 2010 analysis showed that almost 10% of t
first it was sarah palin and now dick morris. both have had a parting of the ways with fox news in the form of their contracts not being renewed. a quick refresher of where dick morris was one day before the election. >> romney will win by a very large margin, a landslide, if you will. i believe he'll win by more than five points in the popular vote. i think he'll get 325 electoral votes. >> now, at cnn last night, morris addressed his off-target predictions and the end of his...
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dick morris was one of the few -- >> if dick morris is the guy supporting you -- >> compared to rush limbaugh. >> who was not there. >> lots more -- everyone was behind -- >> not there. when dick morris is your lone defender, that's not something to be proud of. >> when the conservatives just stay quiet and their past defenses fall into the memory hole, as i call it, it's not a good sign. >> let's talk about newt gingrich. he's delicately now trying to draw a contrast with romney. here's what he said on the radio yesterday. >> anybody who is honest about it knows that no person except christ has ever been perfect. and so i don't claim to be the perfect candidate. i just claim to be a lot more conservative than mitt romney and a lot more electable than anybody else. i wouldn't lie to the american people. i wouldn't switch my positions for political reason. because then people have to ask themselves, what will you tell me next time? >> there it is. that's the -- that's the -- >> that's the contrast. >> it's so striking he'd go after mitt on talk radio but yet won't do it in debates. i
dick morris was one of the few -- >> if dick morris is the guy supporting you -- >> compared to rush limbaugh. >> who was not there. >> lots more -- everyone was behind -- >> not there. when dick morris is your lone defender, that's not something to be proud of. >> when the conservatives just stay quiet and their past defenses fall into the memory hole, as i call it, it's not a good sign. >> let's talk about newt gingrich. he's delicately now trying to...
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anyway, look, dick morris -- let me give you a break. dick morris predicted a romney landslide last week. he said the polls were totally wrong. let's listen to mr. morris. >> in florida "the times" says obama will win by one but their sample has seven points more democrats than republicans. that poll is off by a factor of eight. so, instead of obama winning by one, romney would win florida by seven. in virginia, they have obama winning by two. but they have eight points more democrats than republicans and historically there's one point more republican than democrat. that's off by a factor of nine. romney wins ohio by -- wins virginia by seven. >> okay. so you are standing by your prediction of a romney landslide? >> absolutely. romney will win this election by five to ten points in the popular vote and will carry more than 300 electoral votes. >> well, that didn't happen. i wonder about the way people use jargon to establish their preeminence. he says, not by eight points but by a factor of eight and a factor of nine. is that supposed to
anyway, look, dick morris -- let me give you a break. dick morris predicted a romney landslide last week. he said the polls were totally wrong. let's listen to mr. morris. >> in florida "the times" says obama will win by one but their sample has seven points more democrats than republicans. that poll is off by a factor of eight. so, instead of obama winning by one, romney would win florida by seven. in virginia, they have obama winning by two. but they have eight points more...
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but dick morris is not going to topeka. he will continue to cash his fox news paycheck and continue to predict republicans victories no matter what the polls say. even the fox news polls. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ [ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. [ female announcer ] and try aleve those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat e
but dick morris is not going to topeka. he will continue to cash his fox news paycheck and continue to predict republicans victories no matter what the polls say. even the fox news polls. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away...
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morris, yes, the same dick morris, found out that wyoming actually polled better in an election year than martha's vineyard for a vacation! >> joe, don't you normally poll the family on where you want to go instead of the country? just ask the kids, where do you want to go this year, gang? >> i can tell you there's only one poll that matters when it comes to vacations in my house. it's where the kids want to go. and where the kids want to go, we sort of follow. >> yeah. >> i don't know that i could say, go to my kids and say dick morris tells me it would be much better for us to go, you know, we're going to go to the ozarks this summer instead of whatever. but anyway, ozarks, by the way, a great place to vacation. >> very up and coming, joe. >> "usa today," i better move on here, the "usa today" is reminding us that franklin roosevelt was even criticized for spending too much time on his yacht, john adams of course. gene robinson and i remember this, he spent 17 months on his farm in 1798, accused of abdicating his office and the criticism cost him his second term. >> i think i wrote
morris, yes, the same dick morris, found out that wyoming actually polled better in an election year than martha's vineyard for a vacation! >> joe, don't you normally poll the family on where you want to go instead of the country? just ask the kids, where do you want to go this year, gang? >> i can tell you there's only one poll that matters when it comes to vacations in my house. it's where the kids want to go. and where the kids want to go, we sort of follow. >> yeah....
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and then, according to the dick morris theory, the runner should have been jack kemp. and then the frontrunner in 2004 would have been this guy, who of course ran in the primaries and lost. badly. then of course, the frontrunner for the democratic nomination in 2008 would of course, have been, john edwards. losing vice presidential candidates don't just lose that election. they lose their political futures. that is why i always called sarah palin the most recent losing vice presidential candidate who will never be president. while most everyone else was taking seriously the possibility that she would run for president. and some were even taking seriously the possibility that she could actually win the presidency. >> my guess is yes, i believe she is going to run for president. she sounds to me like somebody who is running for president. >> governor, lot of people -- last time i spoke to you, i was asking you know, where are you in this process of making your decision? you said you wanted to assess the field. the field has changed quite a bit, where are you today? >> st
and then, according to the dick morris theory, the runner should have been jack kemp. and then the frontrunner in 2004 would have been this guy, who of course ran in the primaries and lost. badly. then of course, the frontrunner for the democratic nomination in 2008 would of course, have been, john edwards. losing vice presidential candidates don't just lose that election. they lose their political futures. that is why i always called sarah palin the most recent losing vice presidential...
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dick morris had an operating shadow chief of staff for a while. >> did it didn't last very long but it is very destabilizing when it does. it is emasculating to reince priebus and the staff doesn't know where to go. the problem with the son-in-law, they were smart political people who i would sometimes talk on during campaign. i can't imagine walking into a staff meeting every day. >> i have to highlight something here. you can't, the staff can't be real in front family. you just can't do it. >> you feel uncomfortable doing it. >> imagine this scenario. president clinton sent to iraq. ending the open yoid crisis to his portfolio. meantime, the long timer comfort dante has been removed from his brief stint as member of the security council. winter on and on. >> that's a parallel universe. what would republicans be saying? >> well, what are republicans saying now? what are you talking about? it is definitely a different administration. i think the american people and congress will give them some room. >> you are right about. that it i think it shows the white house is operating badly and
dick morris had an operating shadow chief of staff for a while. >> did it didn't last very long but it is very destabilizing when it does. it is emasculating to reince priebus and the staff doesn't know where to go. the problem with the son-in-law, they were smart political people who i would sometimes talk on during campaign. i can't imagine walking into a staff meeting every day. >> i have to highlight something here. you can't, the staff can't be real in front family. you just...
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at fox, they announced they were letting sarah palin go, they were letting dick morris go. so we began saying they're getting ready to reshape and deal with some of the rougher edges of the right wing. and then, all of the sudden, here's a great announcement. they're bringing on mr. 9-9-9, herman cane is now at fox. explain to me how going from palin and morris to cane is a redo of where you are as an extreme right party? >> well, they just wanted to sand down the old rough edges, reverend. that doesn't mean they don't want to install a couple of new ones. look, that's what they're going to continue to do. and you can't touch people like ted cruz because they're not elected by all of america. they're elected by conservative republicans in texas. >> thanks for your tomb. time. have a great weekend. >> ahead, why the fight for gun control is so personal for this president. next. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee compa
at fox, they announced they were letting sarah palin go, they were letting dick morris go. so we began saying they're getting ready to reshape and deal with some of the rougher edges of the right wing. and then, all of the sudden, here's a great announcement. they're bringing on mr. 9-9-9, herman cane is now at fox. explain to me how going from palin and morris to cane is a redo of where you are as an extreme right party? >> well, they just wanted to sand down the old rough edges,...
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but bill clinton in 1995 brought in dick morris and figured out how to beat our brains out while working with us to get welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation. balanced it four years in a row for the first time since the 1920s. you could go down a long list of things that republicans and bill clinton did together and there was no reason to believe that that could ever happen without bill clinton willing to fight with us on our own turf and beat us. >> a couple things. one, i think it's worth mentioning how republicans got wiped out after watergate. that was bad for republicans. and i'm lacking context it's hard to know how obama's legacy will age. i do see it as a lot of loss potential. michael mentioned lbj who was a deal maker. working with congress all the time to get things done and get things passed. barack obama didn't do that. he didn't have a good relationship with the congress. certainly not republicans. and not even democrats. >> he didn't have a good relationship with the democrats. that's why when people who don't understand what's been happening behind the
but bill clinton in 1995 brought in dick morris and figured out how to beat our brains out while working with us to get welfare reform, the first balanced budget in a generation. balanced it four years in a row for the first time since the 1920s. you could go down a long list of things that republicans and bill clinton did together and there was no reason to believe that that could ever happen without bill clinton willing to fight with us on our own turf and beat us. >> a couple things....
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dick morris wasn't totally wrong when he said if ron paul was president in 194 jn 9 he wouldn't have gotten into a war with germany. >> he gives the country straight talk. how are you going to build the military if you don't have money? he's being backed up by the conversation in washington. all they're doing is fighting over money. he talks about the federal reserve. this is in the middle of the country where you have a relatively conserve ti senator in grassley and pretty liberal guy in tom harkin. here's some of ron paul last night talking about his governing philosophy. here it is. >> i would be a different kind of president. i wouldn't be looking for more power. everybody wants to be a powerful executive and run things. i as a president wouldn't want to run the world. i don't want to police individual activities and their lifesty lifestyle. i don't want to run the economy. that's an entirely different philosophy but it's very, very much in our tradition and in the tradition of our constitution. >> i mean, this is the tea party candidate, is it not? >> well, in some ways it is. i
dick morris wasn't totally wrong when he said if ron paul was president in 194 jn 9 he wouldn't have gotten into a war with germany. >> he gives the country straight talk. how are you going to build the military if you don't have money? he's being backed up by the conversation in washington. all they're doing is fighting over money. he talks about the federal reserve. this is in the middle of the country where you have a relatively conserve ti senator in grassley and pretty liberal guy in...
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like dick morris making his pregixs and karl rove. dead wrong. what is the genius of bill kristol? i swear he's got organizations all over the place, he's everywhere, and yet he's wrong a lot. how does he get away with it, sam? >> he's very good at being part of the media conversation. he has a lot of platforms that he can utilize and as you mentioned, he's very charming. his predictions have been wrong a lot of the times but it doesn't seem to stop him from getting a megaphone or an outlet and i think a lot of people like the idea of having debate over these things. be they like the idea of one side and another battle it out over the direction of u.s. engagement overseas. >> i agree with you completely. >> there's another point, we live in a media ecosystem where by and large you can usually go on to discuss the current foreign policy debate and never be called on your past views. >> not here. not on "hardball." not on "hardball." we do it here. >> that's why i think this conversation is so valuable. if you look at most of these interviews, especially on some other networks, by an
like dick morris making his pregixs and karl rove. dead wrong. what is the genius of bill kristol? i swear he's got organizations all over the place, he's everywhere, and yet he's wrong a lot. how does he get away with it, sam? >> he's very good at being part of the media conversation. he has a lot of platforms that he can utilize and as you mentioned, he's very charming. his predictions have been wrong a lot of the times but it doesn't seem to stop him from getting a megaphone or an...
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the other thing that's interesting is he and dick morris both are basically going out to try to prove how they were right, how they have been helpful to the party, how they have done good things. it's amazing how both of their stars have fallen since this election, and, of course, the thi thing with karl rove, whether you liked him or not, whether you thought he was just a genius or an evil genius, a lot of people thought he was very smart, and i think the way that he played things out in this past election has proven that that is not the case at all. >> jimmy, speaking of the great warthog, mr. rove, do you think this is basically another attempt to fill his own coffers, to get people to employ him, to basically feather his own nest regardless of whether what he has to say is of any value to the republican party into the future? >> sure. i mean, of the $300 million they raised this last cycle, how much of it did go into his pockets or his staff's pockets? i think that would be -- >> i don't think those figures have been disclosed. >> i don't think they have. they're not for profit, m
the other thing that's interesting is he and dick morris both are basically going out to try to prove how they were right, how they have been helpful to the party, how they have done good things. it's amazing how both of their stars have fallen since this election, and, of course, the thi thing with karl rove, whether you liked him or not, whether you thought he was just a genius or an evil genius, a lot of people thought he was very smart, and i think the way that he played things out in this...
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you're really not supposed to sound like dick morris. you're supposed to sound like ronald reagan. he has sort of out poll-mastered all the campaign managers. i can't imagine being his poll manager. what do you do? he is the master of his own polls. that's what people love. people wonder what happens behind the scenes in politics. he removes it all. >> i have to tell you, that, for me, as a republican voter, as trump actually at his -- at his best. because, you know, this is a character test. and you're trying to figure out the character of the person who is going to be president of the united states. this is a guy that comes straight at you. i knew people like that that i worked with in congress. they come straight at you and they're not going to whisper behind your back. no machinations. they're coming right at you. i have never heard a speech like that in iowa. that's the genius of donald trump. instead of jeb bush saying i have better things to do if you people don't vote for me, donald trump is in there fighting, laughing and smiling and saying, hey, vote for me or you're a lo
you're really not supposed to sound like dick morris. you're supposed to sound like ronald reagan. he has sort of out poll-mastered all the campaign managers. i can't imagine being his poll manager. what do you do? he is the master of his own polls. that's what people love. people wonder what happens behind the scenes in politics. he removes it all. >> i have to tell you, that, for me, as a republican voter, as trump actually at his -- at his best. because, you know, this is a character...
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unlike bill clinton who after he lost brought in dick morris, do not expect dick morris to be brought into this white house. in 2006 after george w. bush got creamed, don rumsfeld was out the next day. the republican party leadership may be seeing a tipping point when it comes to its recent struggle for insurgent candidates. this is mainstream republicans may have won this year. >> four years ago today, the banner headlines in all the paper were gop takes house and rand paul was elected to the senate. that was an outsider insurgent break china class of candidates. the republicans were ahead this year though are very different. much more, as you say, main line, chamber of commerce. the republicans did this cleverly and under the radar. the party outside groups spent big, worked hard to keep out the christine o'donnells, to keep out the todd aikens and get electable candidates. the most important thing in this story is republicans now say they are going to run this playbook in 2016. american crossroads saying they are going to push this message of an electable candidate, not just someon
unlike bill clinton who after he lost brought in dick morris, do not expect dick morris to be brought into this white house. in 2006 after george w. bush got creamed, don rumsfeld was out the next day. the republican party leadership may be seeing a tipping point when it comes to its recent struggle for insurgent candidates. this is mainstream republicans may have won this year. >> four years ago today, the banner headlines in all the paper were gop takes house and rand paul was elected...
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bill clinton in 1996, he decided to reach out to dick morris and take the republicans on in their own back yard. barack obama in 2010 had a devastating mid-term election loss that followed scott brown in massachusetts. how did he respond? >> the interesting thing is there were two aspects. the lame duck session and dealing with the tea party republicans that came in the following january. in the book i describe the scene the morning after the election when he had the senior staffers there and they are all very, very upset and worried they will be investigated for the next two years and nothing will happen on the hill and they don't know what to do. the president said we have two months in the lame duck session. we will do a tax cut bill and don't ask don't tell, repeal it and the dream act and gratify the start. the first lady has the nutrition bill that she wants to get done and we doll that too. they are looking at each other like he's nuts. don't you understand what just happened here? they get almost everything on their list. everything except the dream act. he stayed focused on g
bill clinton in 1996, he decided to reach out to dick morris and take the republicans on in their own back yard. barack obama in 2010 had a devastating mid-term election loss that followed scott brown in massachusetts. how did he respond? >> the interesting thing is there were two aspects. the lame duck session and dealing with the tea party republicans that came in the following january. in the book i describe the scene the morning after the election when he had the senior staffers there...
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he brings in republican dick morris, save me while everybody in the white house hated morris' guts. they resented bill clinton for doing this. guess what, radical course correction. he turns around and boats us about the head. us republicans thought we finally had him in his sights in '98. he turns around, survives, leads with a 60% approval rating. why? because he constantly made course corrections. i don't have to tell you about fdr. fdr was constantly improviseing. >> there is no new people in obama's circle. >> no, of course not. >> they are bringing them in. >> they made the decision early on, the president made the decision, i'm not going to expand my circle of friends. >> the smartest guy in the complex. >> there is the thing, it isn't perhaps just adaptable course correction stuff that he did. he also had to run and manage things and experience as a governor the need to manage and change the executive decisions. obama's biggest lapses is the executive experience. he knows how to manage. this health care thing is a classic inability to oversee in a managerial granular sense h
he brings in republican dick morris, save me while everybody in the white house hated morris' guts. they resented bill clinton for doing this. guess what, radical course correction. he turns around and boats us about the head. us republicans thought we finally had him in his sights in '98. he turns around, survives, leads with a 60% approval rating. why? because he constantly made course corrections. i don't have to tell you about fdr. fdr was constantly improviseing. >> there is no new...
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you have fox getting rid of dick morris. you have some of their bigger names advocating for a rethinking of immigration reform. on the official republican side, you have karl rove who's a fox contributor leading this effort to create a super pac to get rid of candidates like steve king in iowa or everyone remembers todd akin in missouri. these candidates that they think are not electable in general elections. >> you know, it's interesting about fox, yesterday you guys, "politico" had -- and i just saw it as i was reading this. okay, seriously? how much worse can it get for conservatives? it's like kicking the elephant when it's down and dying here. i think dylan byers put up a poll that talked about the most trusted networks and the least trusted networks and talked about how fox's -- people's trust in fox has gone down. fox still, obviously, was well above a lot of other networks. but i thought the real kick in the teeth of conservatives was the most trusted network in america by almost a 2-1 margin while everybody else was
you have fox getting rid of dick morris. you have some of their bigger names advocating for a rethinking of immigration reform. on the official republican side, you have karl rove who's a fox contributor leading this effort to create a super pac to get rid of candidates like steve king in iowa or everyone remembers todd akin in missouri. these candidates that they think are not electable in general elections. >> you know, it's interesting about fox, yesterday you guys,...
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how many times did dick morris say the polls were rigged? how many times did -- i could list 1,000 people on the niche conservative right that makes millions of dollars doing this. they would have a different conspiracy theory every day. you know what obama's people were doing while they were chasing conspiracy theories? >> registering voters. >> they were registering voters. they were putting yard signs in yards. >> crazy kids in chicago. >> they were i.d.'ing loyal democrats. we have got to stop with the conspiracy theories. stop blaming the media. reagan did pretty well with a media that hated his guts. >> just to add to what willie said and to add what you've said, beyond all of that, you can't even just blame mitt romney because it's not -- he was a flawed candidate. the party in total has this problem. they are increasingly out of step with what the american electorate is going to look like more and more every four years. it's going to be browner. it's going to be more female. it's going to be -- it's a different america. and if the pa
how many times did dick morris say the polls were rigged? how many times did -- i could list 1,000 people on the niche conservative right that makes millions of dollars doing this. they would have a different conspiracy theory every day. you know what obama's people were doing while they were chasing conspiracy theories? >> registering voters. >> they were registering voters. they were putting yard signs in yards. >> crazy kids in chicago. >> they were i.d.'ing loyal...
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. >> figure where am i going to vacation this summer, a little strange, but you had dick morris running so we'll cut you slack on that. on issues of war and peace, bill clinton nudged saying you don't want to just have your face down in the polls when you're trying to figure out how to act as commander in chief and suggested this was -- this was a matter that called for action. what do you think? >> well, look, they used chemical weapons. regardless of what we say for a long time, i mean, the germans didn't use chemical weapons, the japanese didn't use chemical weapons. he has crossed some kind of line. look, in 2003, we invaded a country that didn't even have any chemical weapons. now people don't want to invade a country that not only has chemical weapons but used them. >> at the time we had 75% of americans supporting a strike on iraq. we had before he had used chemical weapons in that time period. you also had a pretty large coalition of the willing, it wasn't everybody, we didn't have [ inaudible ] because he was getting paid so much by the iraqis you remember. but going back to th
. >> figure where am i going to vacation this summer, a little strange, but you had dick morris running so we'll cut you slack on that. on issues of war and peace, bill clinton nudged saying you don't want to just have your face down in the polls when you're trying to figure out how to act as commander in chief and suggested this was -- this was a matter that called for action. what do you think? >> well, look, they used chemical weapons. regardless of what we say for a long time, i...